Slater Cast in Dark Flick

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Christian Slater will star in the film version of Alone in the Dark.

By Brian Linder

Christian Slater will play paranormal investigator Edward Carnby in the game-to-film adaptation of Alone in the Dark, according to today's Hollywood Reporter. The movie, directed by German filmmaker Uwe Boll (House of the Dead), is set to start shooting July 14 in Vancouver. No other casting was announced, but the project is expected to ramp up quickly for the mid-month start.

"Alone in the Dark must be more like X-Files meets Silence of the Lambs," Boll said in a statement. "I'm looking forward to making a dark movie full of suspense. I want to satisfy the game fans and introduce other viewers around the globe to the story."

The trade reports that Dark will have an original story that draws from the latest game in the franchise, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. That game, as most IGN readers will know, follows Carnby to Shadow Island. While trying to solve the unexplained death of a friend, he meets up with female anthropologist Aline Cedrac. The two ultimately discover a gate into hell.

Boll also confirmed that he is planning a sequel to House of the Dead  the first film in the series is due out in the fall.

THR adds that Dark is budgeted at around $20 million, and that shooting is slated to wrap on August 2nd. Artisan Entertainment will distribute the videogame-based horror flick in 2004, to coincide with a new Alone in the Dark game launch. Keep checking our Games-to-Film section for the latest!